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Sam Spiegel is a Actor, Producer and Sound American born on 11 november 1901 at Jarosław (Pologne)
Among those, 5 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Directed by David Lean, Noël Howard
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Adventure, Historical
Themes Political films, Films based on plays, Le désert
Actors Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif, José Ferrer
Roles Producer
Rating82%
Part I In 1935, Lawrence is killed in a motorcycle accident. At his memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral, a reporter tries to gain insights into this remarkable, enigmatic man from those who knew him, with little success.
Directed by David Lean
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Pont, Prison films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films, Évasion
Actors William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Percy Herbert
Roles Producer
Rating80%
In World War II, British prisoners arrive by train at a Japanese prison camp in Burma. The commandant, Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa), informs them that all prisoners, regardless of rank, are to work on the construction of a railway bridge over the River Kwai that will connect Bangkok and Rangoon. The senior British officer, Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), reminds Saito that the Geneva Conventions exempt officers from manual labour.
Directed by John Huston, Guy Hamilton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romantic comedy, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Theodore Bikel, Peter C. Bull, Walter Gotell
Roles Producer
Rating76%
Samuel Sayer (Robert Morley) and his sister Rose (Katharine Hepburn) are British Methodist missionaries in the village of Kungdu in German East Africa at the beginning of World War I in August/September 1914. Their mail and supplies are delivered by a small tramp steamer named the African Queen, helmed by the rough-and-ready Canadian boat captain Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart), whose coarse behavior they tolerate in a rather stiff manner.
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Films about royalty
Actors Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Roderic Noble, Ania Marson, Lynne Frederick, Candace Glendenning
Roles Producer
Rating71%
The story begins with the birth of Tsarevich Alexei on 12 August 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War. Tsar Nicholas (Michael Jayston) is warned by the Prime Minister Count Witte (Laurence Olivier) and his uncle Grand Duke Nicholas (Harry Andrews) that the war is futile and costing too many lives. They tell him the Russian people want representative government, health care, voting and workers' rights, but Nicholas wants to maintain the autocracy. Meanwhile, underground political parties led by Vladimir Lenin (Michael Bryant), Joseph Stalin (James Hazeldine) and Leon Trotsky (Brian Cox) have formed.
Directed by Elia Kazan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Films about religion, Films about the labor movement, Political films, Gangster films
Actors Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Eva Marie Saint, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Leif Erickson
Roles Producer
Rating80%
Mob-connected union boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) gloats about his iron-fisted control of the waterfront. The police and the Waterfront Crime Commission know that Friendly is behind a number of murders, but witnesses play "D and D" ("deaf and dumb"), accepting their subservient position rather than risking the danger and shame of informing.
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Among those, 5 have good markets following the box office.
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Add to a movie listLawrence of Arabia (1962)
, 3h38Directed by David Lean, Noël Howard
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Adventure, Historical
Themes Political films, Films based on plays, Le désert
Actors Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif, José Ferrer
Roles Producer
Rating82%
Part I In 1935, Lawrence is killed in a motorcycle accident. At his memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral, a reporter tries to gain insights into this remarkable, enigmatic man from those who knew him, with little success.
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
, 2h41Directed by David Lean
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Pont, Prison films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films, Évasion
Actors William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Percy Herbert
Roles Producer
Rating80%
In World War II, British prisoners arrive by train at a Japanese prison camp in Burma. The commandant, Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa), informs them that all prisoners, regardless of rank, are to work on the construction of a railway bridge over the River Kwai that will connect Bangkok and Rangoon. The senior British officer, Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), reminds Saito that the Geneva Conventions exempt officers from manual labour.
The African Queen (1952)
, 1h45Directed by John Huston, Guy Hamilton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romantic comedy, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Theodore Bikel, Peter C. Bull, Walter Gotell
Roles Producer
Rating76%
Samuel Sayer (Robert Morley) and his sister Rose (Katharine Hepburn) are British Methodist missionaries in the village of Kungdu in German East Africa at the beginning of World War I in August/September 1914. Their mail and supplies are delivered by a small tramp steamer named the African Queen, helmed by the rough-and-ready Canadian boat captain Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart), whose coarse behavior they tolerate in a rather stiff manner.
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
, 3h9Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Films about royalty
Actors Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Roderic Noble, Ania Marson, Lynne Frederick, Candace Glendenning
Roles Producer
Rating71%
The story begins with the birth of Tsarevich Alexei on 12 August 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War. Tsar Nicholas (Michael Jayston) is warned by the Prime Minister Count Witte (Laurence Olivier) and his uncle Grand Duke Nicholas (Harry Andrews) that the war is futile and costing too many lives. They tell him the Russian people want representative government, health care, voting and workers' rights, but Nicholas wants to maintain the autocracy. Meanwhile, underground political parties led by Vladimir Lenin (Michael Bryant), Joseph Stalin (James Hazeldine) and Leon Trotsky (Brian Cox) have formed.
On the Waterfront (1954)
, 1h48Directed by Elia Kazan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Films about religion, Films about the labor movement, Political films, Gangster films
Actors Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Eva Marie Saint, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Leif Erickson
Roles Producer
Rating80%
Mob-connected union boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) gloats about his iron-fisted control of the waterfront. The police and the Waterfront Crime Commission know that Friendly is behind a number of murders, but witnesses play "D and D" ("deaf and dumb"), accepting their subservient position rather than risking the danger and shame of informing.